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Brazil Warns Planes Violating Olympic Airspace Will Be Shot Down

Security Plan Involves Using 41,000 Soldiers In Olympic Venues

If you were planning to fly over Olympic venues in Brazil next month ... that would probably be inadvisable.

Solar Impulse Takes Off To Cross The Mediterranean Sea And Reach North Africa

Flight Expected To Take Two Days And Two Nights

After crossing America and recently the Atlantic Ocean without a single drop of fuel, Solar Impulse 2 – the solar airplane of Swiss pioneers Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg – took off from Spain early Monday morning to attempt the crossing of the Mediterranean Sea.

Airborne 07.11.16: 'Doc' B-29 Update, 3rd Class Med Reform, FAA Reauthorization

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If things go as planned, the Commemorative Air Force’s B-29, named FIFI, will no longer be by herself as the only airworthy World War Two Boeing Superfortress. Doc’s Friends, the group managing the restoration of the B-29 known as Doc, have announced that their B29 will make its return to flight Sunday, July 17. The restored Boeing B29 Superfortress will take off from the non-joint-use runway at McConnell Air Force Base, adjace

FAA Reauthorization of 2016 & Drones: A First Look

Analysis from the Drone Law Blog of the Rupprecht Law Firm about how the proposed FAA authorization bill under consideration by Congress will affect UAV operators.